For Renters

For Renters

Why should I rent a home from Pensacola Bay Realty?

Pensacola Bay Realty is a professional, knowledgeable, and courteous property management and long-term home rental company with over 30 years experience in the Pensacola bay area. We work very hard to provide the highest quality rental services you’ll ever experience. Below is a list of benefits for renting a Pensacola Bay Realty managed home.

To ensure that your home is in good condition when you move in, we use professional vendors (painters, handymen, plumbers, carpet cleaners,etc). Before you move in, we inspect the work performed to ensure that everything is ready for you.

We are available 24 hours a day to manage maintenance emergencies.

We provide a detailed Move-in Inventory form for proper documentation of the condition of your rental.

Annual and semi-annual evaluations are performed during tenancy to ensure home is quality during residency.

All deposits that are retained by us are kept in a FDIC insured bank.

When you sign your lease, you meet with your leasing agent to go over the lease to help ensure that everyone is aware of their responsibilities under the lease agreement.

Yes, for most of our properties you will sign a 12-month lease that covers our responsibilities to each other throughout your tenancy. We will go over each part of the lease to ensure you understand it. After your application is accepted, your deposit is received, and your lease is signed, we’ll hand you the keys to your home!

How do I apply to rent a home through Pensacola Bay Realty?

We have the team, resources and expertise to serve your long-term rental needs in Pensacola bay area. Applications can be dropped at our downtown office. Application fee is $35 per individual or $50 per married couple, military discounts apply. First, read our qualification requirements to be sure you can apply, then download our online application form and submit it to us along with the application fee for the home you want. Pensacola Bay Realty can match you with the right house for you. After we receive your application, we’ll process it and let you know the results. If you do not meet all the requirements below, Pensacola Bay Realty cannot approve you. The owner can choose to waive our qualification requirements.

Please read through the following criteria prior to applying.

We are an Equal Opportunity Housing provider. This means Pensacola Bay Realty fully complies with the Federal Fair Housing Act. We also comply with State and Local Fair Housing Laws. We do not discriminate against any person because of race, age, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

All Adult applicants 18 or older must submit a fully completed, dated and signed residency application and fee. Applicant must provide proof of identity, such as a valid driver’s license, military ID, or State ID. Applicants without a social security number must provide proof of a permitted stay in the U.S with a U.S./I.N.S Visa. A $35.00 nonrefundable application fee will be required with your application.

We will also perform a background check to look at any criminal history.

Applicants will be required to pay a security deposit once approved prior to lease execution in a minimum amount of one month’s rent. The property will not be removed from the rental market until the security deposit is received. We reserve the right to require a higher security deposit and or additional prepaid rent. The security deposit covers the re-keying and any of the following as needed: premises cleaning, professional carpet cleaning, and maintenance.

Once you are approved, you will have 24 hours to submit a security deposit. If not received within said time frame, the property will remain on the rental market. If applicant fails to execute a lease within a reasonable time frame, or changes their mind, the applicant shall forfeit the entire security deposit. This action will make the property available to be rented by other applicants.

Manager uses a list of criteria in every application. Based upon Manager’s findings through the application process, Manager has the right to: (1) make further inquiries of Applicant; (2) require additional deposits and/or rent; (3) require a guarantor and/or promissory notes; (4) require advanced rent; (5) reject Applicants; and (6) other actions to reserve the rights of Manager and Owner.